Soccer fans in Ruston and the surrounding area will get a double treat starting today.
Not only is the 2010 edition of the Western Athletic Conference tournament being held in the city, but it’s being hosted by Louisiana Tech University.

And making it even better is that the Lady Techsters are in the tournament for the first time ever.

Action will get under way today with two matches, starting with a 12:30 p.m. meeting between No. 6 seeded Fresno State and No. 3 seeded Idaho and followed by the No. 4 seeded Techsters against No. 5 seeded Boise State.

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The Northern Louisiana Medical Center Christmas parade, hosted by the Ruston Jaycees, is scheduled to roll through the city at 6 p.m. Friday. The parade starts in the parking lot at Louisiana Tech’s Joe Aillet Stadium. It will travel east on Alabama Avenue and turn right (south) down Trenton Street, heading through downtown Ruston.

It’s for that reason we commend the Louisiana Tech University Athletics Department for the outstanding 2015-16 school year turned in by all of the school’s athletes.

The proof is in the numbers.

Louisiana Tech joined Florida, Florida State, Ohio State and Ole Miss as the only five Football Bowl Subdivision schools to a record nine-plus wins in football, 20-plus wins in men’s basketball and 40-plus wins in baseball.